Can & Özcan are missing
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“I am glad that he will fly to America with us on Friday,” said BVB coach Niko Kovac in a media round about Jamie Gitten on Tuesday evening. In the evening it became clear that the wing striker will actually not switch to Chelsea in front of the club World Cup, although the Londoners had highly increased their offer to the Dortmund on the last day of the special transfer window. Now the Englishman is one of 28 players who can welcome Kovac in a team for the tournament in the USA. On Friday, the Borussians open towards Fort Lauderdale in Florida, where they prepare for the first task against fluminense.
With 55 million euros, Chelsea’s third offer was still under the expectations of the Dortmund, despite only EUR 35 million. Up to 65 million euros were mentioned in reports as the demand for the black and yellow. The English went away empty -handed. From the blues, BVB currently still has midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka in the squad, who also travels to the club World Cup, but officially does not yet have a connection contract in Dortmund and thus fulfilled the Chelsea FC at the end of the month. The Englishman was considered a possible exchange candidate to move to the Stamford Bridge during a change.
Also on Tuesday, the Dortmund newcomer Jobe Bellingham, which had been brought from the AFC Sunderland for a little more than 30 million euros, were brought for a little more than 30 million euros. The 19-year-old brother of ex-Borusse Jude Bellingham (21) is one of six teenagers in the club World Cup squad with the 19-year-old Julien Duranville and Cole Campbell as well as 18-year-old Elias Benkara, the 17-year-old Samuele Inácio and only 16-year-old American Mathis Albert, who came to Dortmund last year.
BVB travels to the club World Cup without can and Özcan
The Dortmund defensive players Emre Can (31) and Salih Özcan (27) are not traveling to the states with the BVB team. Can fails with adductor problems and is supposed to complete his rehab in Germany, “so that he is immediately when it comes to preparing for the Bundesliga,” as coach Kovac explained on Tuesday.
Özcan recently injured himself during training with the Turkish national team and also does not fly to the USA. Short -term obligations as a replacement are not planned. On June 17, Borussia will play its first game at the club World Cup in New Jersey against Fluminense from Rio de Janeiro.
BVB squad list for the club World Cup with back numbers
1 Gregor Kobel | 2 yan couto | 3 Waldemar Anton | 5 Ramy Bensebaini | 7 Giovanni Reyna | 8 Felix Nmecha | 9 Serhou Guirassy | 10 Julian Brandt | 13 Pascal big | 14 Maximilian Beier | 16 Julien Duranville | 17 Carney Chukwuemeka | 20 Marcel Sabitzer | 24 Daniel Svensson | 25 Niklas Süle | 26 Julian Rerson | 27 Karim Adeyemi | 31 Silas Ostrzinski | 33 Alexander Meyer | 37 Cole Campbell | 39 Filippo Mané | 40 Samuele Inácio | 41 Mathis Albert | 43 Jamie Gitten | 44 SOUMAïla Coulibaly | 46 Ayman Azhil | 47 Elias Benkara | 77 Jobe Bellingham